Ukrainian refugee Danylo Yavhusishyn became Japan’s first sumo champion from Ukraine after a historic Kyushu tournament win.

Aonishiki wins the November sumo tournament in Japan and becomes the first person from Ukraine to claim an elite-level sumo ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki is only 21 but has moved just one step from the top rank of Japan's national sport. In an ...

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Danylo Yavhusishyn became the first-ever sumo champion in Japan on Sunday, November 23, 2025.A ...

Ukraine-born wrestler Aonishiki Arata is the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship in Japan.

Japan recognizes that it needs foreign nationals. Foreign residents bring energy and innovation to this country, and they ...

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- Ukrainian sensation Aonishiki clinched his maiden elite-level championship and virtually guaranteed his ...

Front runner Onosato withdrew with an injury from the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament's final day of competition Sunday, handing ...

Sumo wrestlers serve up chanko-nabe at Musashigawa Sumo Stable in 2007 in Osaka, Japan. At the U.S. Sumo Open on Saturday in Long Beach, Calif., roughly 60 sumo wrestlers from around the world will ...